Locomotion No.1 under a world expert’s lens
AN archaeological investigation has begun of Locomotion No. 1, which in 1825 headed the inaugural train on the Stockton & Darlington Railway, the world’s first public steam-hauled line.
The project, led by Dr Michael Bailey, a world expert in early railways, and by finding evidence to date its components and uncover how much of the engine preserved today has survived from the original locomotive that was constructed in 1825.
